Heroes and Heroines

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Ras Mulugeta Yegazu (1865-February 17, 1936) was an influential noble at the court of Emperor Menilek II  [reigned 1889-1913], was one of the ministers in...

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Muhammad Abd Es-Shakur was emir of Harar from 1856-75. Previously a sheikh, he had seized power on the death of the last emir of the...

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Moroda (1844-1888), the second ruler of the kingdom of Leqa in what is now the province of Walaga, in Western Ethiopia, reigned from 1871-88. He...

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Kate Dawson (lived in the 19th century), or Kate Swanzy, whose African name was Efua Ketse, was a merchant, philanthropist, and patriot who became prominent...

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Joseph William De Graft Johnson (August 5, 1860- February 28, 1928), a Cape Coast merchant, popularly known as Kwesi Johnson, was closely connected with political...

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Bashah Aboye (18?- March 1, 1896) was a distinguished general of Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], who was killed at the battle of Adwa during the...

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General Oreste Baratieri (November 13, 1841 – August 7, 1901) was commander-in-chief of the Italian forces which were defeated at the battle of Adwa in...

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Aklilu Habta-Wald (March 12, 1912- November 24, 1974) was prime minister of Ethiopia from 1961-1974 and was one of the most important Ethiopian politicians under...

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Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 — 2 August 1997), was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and...

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Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe (November 16, 1904 – May 11, 1996), was the first president of independent Nigeria (1963–66) and a prominent nationalist figure.  He was...

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